Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-04
TIE SITE INSANE AsrLrn


The reports sent out from Austin con
corning the investigation into the conduct
Of Superintendent Dr. Dorset, now being
made by the asylum board Of managers,
furnish @ chaEac er Of reading unpleasant
TO the people Of Texas. Whether true or
false, the bare suggestion that those loved
.b1ice loved, because an inCrutible
decree Of Providence has deprived them
OF rne whispering counsels OF reason
might be subjected to indlgnit.es snd
abuse, fires the blood ard ills one with
horror. The thought thai an institution
supported by the benevoleGca OF The PEG
pie of the state should be converted into
2 home 81 suffering, or that It's manage
ment should be furnished with & stain OF
cruelty or wrong-doing arouses in the
heart & protest greater than could be
crested by nismanagement and pecula-
ton which would beggar the entire state.
Fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers
are there. These unforturates upon
whom the hand OF anliction has been laid
are sent there by friends and relatives for
that csre and kindness which it is impos-
sible to give at home; they sre sent there
in the full confidence a1d belief
that they viii be safe, and treated
tenderly and judiciously. The fsintest
rumor concerning the management strikes
the public mind with the violence OF 8
cyclone. ais the pleasing delusion dis
PEELED: Is this, indeed, terrible awek-
ening? Must faith in human nsture be
abandoned?" people ask themselves at
the first sounds OF complaint or condem-
nation. There are nineteen specific
charges made against DR.. Dorsett, any
one of which should be sufficient to cause
his dismissal. Two of these, causing
females to kiss visitors and that of kiss
ing patients, have been with
drawn. The remsinder stand and the
evidence furnished go far hiss been positive
and definite, pointing conc!usively to the
Doctors guilt. Two or three witnesses
swore positively that the Doctor slapped
patient in the face while she was in 6
straight jacket, and that another one IVES
beaten cruelty by the Doctors orders, or
at least with his consent. II either OF
these charges are true, and the burden q
disproviDg them rests upon the Super
intendent, how the announcement VIII
strike with terror the hearts Of those WHO
have children there! But this is not the
worst charge, bad as it is. There are
charges Of q more revolving nature OF such
salaclty as TO render their mention
impo!ite ind indecent. These charges
have been made By persons co1verssn.
with the facts, and they are duly sworn
to. Thst the investigation will be thorough
and exhaustive there is ne doubt, and for
o1ce and ell the mstter will be settled.
/ The board Of managers will have an cp-
portunity to hear the whole truth and DR..
Dorset will have an opportunity to de-
fend himself. II he is guiltless the fact
will be established and the minds Of the
people set at rest. If the charges or
any of them are true be should
! be dismissed instantly. 1t is only
fair to DR.. Dorset that Judgment be
suspended until his side of the case is
heard. Allowance should be made for
the feelings which prompt the perferring
of the charges. Allowance should be
made also for testimony Of ex-employes,
none Of whom appear to be friendly TO
the Superintendent. The examination
in ell fairness and justice, and the facts
ascertained. The ugly rumors which